Preston (in Holderness) Baptisms - CRAWFORTH

[skarm]

Hi,

I am wondering if someone is willing to look up the following for me. There's a bunch of CRAWFORTH children (sometimes spelled CRAWFORD) that lived, and married, around the Humbleton, Preston, etc., area. None appear to be Baptised in Humbleton from this generation although some of their children area so I've checked the extant records there. One of the Crawforth children reported a Preston birth location on the 1851 census so this will be my next step. Their potential parents lived in the Flinton hamlet of Humbleton parish.

The children are listed below. They may not all have the same parents as there were a few possible fathers in the area, but it will help me to organize them correctly.

Hannah CRAWFORTH, b. circa 1805.
Rebecca CRAWFORTH, b. circa 1808.
Robert CRAWFORTH, b. circa 1812
Elizabeth CRAWFORTH, b. circa 1814 -- reported the Preston birth location on later census records.

Other than Elizabeth I cannot find any of the others on the censuses despite having marriages for Hannah and Rebecca.

Thank you very much in advance for any time someone is willing to spend to aid me in this one.

Mike

[Pels.]

Hi Mike,

I'll let you see what you think to this for Rebecca :

Rebecca CRAWFORTH, b. circa 1808.

Other than Elizabeth I cannot find any of the others on the censuses despite having marriages for Hannah and Rebecca.

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1851 census :
HO107/2360, Folio 241, Page 26

Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull
Sutton, Hyperion Street

Rebecca Wright, head, widow, 42, School Mistress, b.Elstringwick, Yorks      
Syras, son, unm, 10, Scholar, b. Witheringwick, Yorks

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Elstronwick is also in the parish of Humbleton :

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Humbleton/index.html

Kind regards,

Pels.

[Pels.]

I'd better post this, in case I never find it again :

Birth, Dec qtr 1840
Cyrus Wright
Skirlaugh, Vol 22, page 576


Pels.

[Pels.]

Birth, Dec qtr 1840
Cyrus Wright
Skirlaugh, Vol 22, page 576

Forget that !! How disappointing, but just as well I checked - it can't be the right census !



Christening:   23rd December 1840   
Cyrus Wright
Mother: Rebecca Wright
Withernwick, Yorkshire

Added : I wonder if there's the slightest possibility that Rebecca's husband died long before Cyrus was conceived - therefore explaining the above baptism ? Most likely not and just wishful thinking on my part.

Pels.

[Pels.]

Robert CRAWFORTH, b. circa 1812

Other than Elizabeth I cannot find any of the others on the censuses despite having marriages for Hannah and Rebecca.

I daren't ask, does this mean you haven't got anything for Robert either ?

Marriage : 30th December 1848
Robert Crawforth, age 36
Father's Name: Joshua Crawforth
Spouse's Name: Ellen Mason, age 40
Spouse's Father's Name: John Kirkhouse
Elstronwick, Yorkshire   

Pels.

[Pels.]

Robert CRAWFORTH, b. circa 1812

Other than Elizabeth I cannot find any of the others on the censuses despite having marriages for Hannah and Rebecca.

Robert (born Flinton) and Ellen appear on all the census returns up to 1881, as a couple :

1851 census :
HO107/2365, Folio 36, Page 10

1861 census :
RG9/3601, Folio 19, Page 4

1871 census :
RG10/4800, Folio 21, Page 7

1881 census :
RG11/4787, Folio 19, Page 8

Robert a widower in 1891 :

1891 census :
RG12/3948, Folio 17, Page 8

Until finally Robert's death :

Death, Sep qtr 1892   
Robert Crawforth, age 80   
Skirlaugh, Vol 9d, Page 191

Pels.

[skarm]

Hi Pels,

Thanks for your help -- I didn't notice the Rebecca Wright, somehow, probably because my searching wasn't as diligent as it should have been given she listed a hamlet in the parish as her birthplace. Foolish me.

Its possible Cyrus was born after Rebecca's husband passed away, and was baptized with his mother only. I will look into it further.

Sorry I should have mentioned that I knew where Robert was all those years.

Hannah is the daughter I descend from. Her two sons went to Canada and I have them from there. I have found no evidence for Hannah and her husband William BOYS/BOYCE having gone to Canada, but I also can't find them staying in England either.

Edited:

Rebecca CRAWFORTH had married Robert WRIGHT in Humbleton. In the 1851 census you found, Pels, Rebecca and her son Cyrus live right beside a William Wright, his wife Elizabeth, and several children. William and Elizabeth are of age to have been Robert Wright's parents. I'll have to look into that as well since if they did have a son Robert at the right age it'd be pretty good indirect evidence to this being the correct woman.

Given that they did not live in the same household I'd say its less likely that Rebecca was William and Elizabeth's daughter with an illegitimate son.

[Pels.]

I had an idea you must have seen Robert's details, that was why I didn't post
anything other than the bare minimum.

Did you notice their ages on Hannah's marriage - assuming this is the right one :

Marriage : 26th October 1824
Hannah Crawforth, age 19
William Boys, age 43
Elstronwick, Yorkshire

Quite a big difference ?

Will keep looking - as I'm sure others will, too ! 

Pels.
    

[Pels.]

I'd be interested to know how old this William Boys was when he died :

Burial : 27th September 1829
William Boys
Humbleton, Yorkshire

If their last known child, Joshua Crawforth Boys was baptised on 24th July 1829, I
wonder if this is their father ?

Pels.